Performed at the Greenwich Playhouse January 2001

Henrik Ibsen was the the most important theatrical figure of his generation and his plays changed the main current of European dramatic literature. In HEDDA GABLER, Ibsen provides a stirring and complex psychological study of female sexuality through the uncompromising portrait of an exacting woman stifled by a conventional, loveless marriage and the constraints of an uninspiring provincial society. HEDDA GABLER is a compelling dramatic creation of an idealistic but flawed woman who continues to mystify and captivate successive generations.

At the birth of a new Millennium, Ibsen's work stands vigorously the test of time and retains it's undisputed verve and intense theatricality.

Galleon's revival of HEDDA GABLER upheld the company's long sustained reputation for staging theatre of the highest quality which is intelligently presented and always hugely entertaining.

CREDITS

• Directed by Bruce Jamieson
• Produced by Alice de Sousa

THE CAST

• Loevborg - Michael de Burgh
• Hedda - Alice de Sousa
• Miss Tesman - Jan Hirst
• Bertha - Sarah McCullough
• George Tesman - Robert Munns
• Judge Brack - Richard Rycroft
• Mrs Elvsted - Michelle Seaton

THE CREATIVE TEAM

• Costume Designer - Rebecca Chadwick
• Assis. Costume Designer - Lisa Clark
• Set Construction - Barbara Egervary
• Stage Manager - Jennifer Farmer
• Set Designer - Shanti Freed
• Prod. Assistant - Alison Ord
• Publicity Designer - Alison Rayner
• Lighting Designer - John Treherne
• Stills Photographer - Paul Welch

REVIEWS

“A fine and elegant production, brimming with passion yet tempered with an admirable lack of indulgence and restraint, as the character of Gabler may well have desired, a raw and beautiful integrity throughout.” - The Stage

“The production positively sizzles with sexual tension right up to its inevitable ending, and the cast maintains a pressure cooker atmosphere as the full weight of Victorian values and social rules bear down on them” - Leisuretime